Device for curling and waving the hair



Dec. 7 1926.

. 1,609,683 w. GRAHAM-BARNETT DEVICE FOR CURLING AND WAVING THE HAIR Original Filed NOV. l5, 1925 INVENTOR WMM ATToRNEY rammed Dec. 7, 1926.Y

UNITED, STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DEVICE FOR CURLING AND WAVIN G HAIR.

Al'iplication led November 13, 1925, Serial No. 68,902. Renewed October 23, 1926.

This invention relates to improvements 1n devices for curling and Waving the hair and has for its principal object the pro' vision of anew and improved construction 5 of hair Waving device 'which may be heated, but which is adaptedk for operation independently of any external source of heat energy. n

A further object of this invention is to l provide a hair waving or steaming tool which will-have therein but separated therefrom a separate steam generating chamber.

Further lobjects of the invention will be apparent from the specification and draw ings in Which- A Fig. 1 is an elevational view of my improved device.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the device as shown in elevation in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an elevation of the device with the locking means for the hair curler shown in an inoperative position or unlocked.

Fig. 4 is a sectional View along the line 4 4 of Fig. 3. r

Fig. 5 is a rear View of the device showing the hairy curler locked within the chamber.

Fig. 6 is a sectional view of a modied form of the device. 3 Fig. 7 is a transverse view tion of another modification.

10 is the body or outer chamber of my improved hair Waving device. 11 is the cover which is attached to the body 10 by a bayonet-slot by means of the pin 25. 12 is a supplemental chamber within the body 10, but not connected therewith. which contains the hair curler itself. The heating means for curling or waving the hair is placed in the chamber of the body 1 0 outside ot the chamber 12. 13 is the stem of the hair curling appliance which may be of any of the well known forms and around which the hair to be curled 14 is Wound.

. The stem 13 is surmounted by a cone-shaped cap 15 which is held within the body of the chamber 12, by a spring as shown and may be detached at will.

In the chamber 12 are slots 16 which act as ducts for the steam evolved in the body of the device. The steam is created within the vchamber of the body 10 by the action-of drops of water falling on a quicklime or other material which evolves a considerable quantity of heat in reacting with water. This material is shown as 17 and is enclosed partly in secin a protective layer 17 preferably of fibrous or textile material as shown. The source of the water to react with the quicklime or iother heat and steam forming element is the reservoir S openinginto the tube 18 so that water may be gradually sprayed into the element 17 as desired. The reaction between the water and thematerial 17 is exothermic, and results .in the production of steam which enters the supplemental chamber 12. Since the cover of the main chamber is Wholly independent of the lcover 19 of the supplemental chamber, and since said covers 11 and 19 have independent fastening means, the layer or pad 17 can be replaced without'opening the sup lemental chamber. 19 is a cap or cover tig tly fittin the opening of the chamber 12 which is loc ed by means of the hook 2O tightly held in position against the cap 19 by the strap 21 passing through the guides 22. The strap 21 terminates in an eye upon which the locking member 23 is pivoted as is shown in Fi 1 which shows the cover or cap 19 in loc ed position, whereas Fig. 3 shows the cap open for removal of the hair curler in the chamber 12. 24 is the eye cooperating with the hook 2O serving to keep the cap 19 in locked position. 27 is the handle of the device preferably made of hard rubber, wood, or other heat insulating material by which the entire device may be freely handled by the operator when the device is in use.

Fig. 6 shows a modification of the device in sectional view containing a chamber or body 10 and a supplementary chamber 12 which is positioned directly in the middle and on top of the chamber 10. The advantage of this modification is that the body of the chamber 10 is rectangular in cross section. Y

In Fig. 7 is shown another modification of the device, in that the cap 26', corresponding to the cap 11 in Figs. 1 and 3 is in the modification shown in Fig. 7, and has a tray extension 26 which acts as a holder for the heating element 17.

The operation of the device is as followsz- The ringlet or hair which is to be waved, is wound around the stem 13. the cap 19 is closed and then water is gradually sprayed upon the quicklime or other heat and steam forming member 17 until a proper degree of heat is induced within the chamber 12. The steam evolved from the soA waterdripping on the heat element 17, is led through the openings 16 into the chamber 12.. By this device only a few moments are required to attain arproper degree of heat within the chamber 12 and as soon as this degree of heat is attained, no further water is supplied to the material 17. An advantage of a device of this character containing a chemical heating element, is that overheating is readily avoided. Y Y

Having fully described my invention, what I claim is 1. In a hair waving device, the combina* tion of two connected chambers, one of said chambers being adapted to contain a reacting heatyielding ma containing water `so that steam is generated and enters the other chamber, said other chamber being .adapted to have a hair curling device placed 20 therein, said chambers haying independent finlets, said chambers having independent closures for said inlets.

2. In a hair waving device, a hollow body divided into a main chamber and another chamber by a perforated partition, the main chamber being adapted toicontain a reacting and heat-yielding mass containing water so that steam is generated and enters the other chamber, said other chamber being adapted torhave aY hair curling device located, therein, said main chamber having an opening at one end of said body and said other chamber having an opening at the other side of said body, each said chamber being provided Vwith an independent closure.

3. In a hair curling or waving device, a main chamber, a supplementary chamber divided therefrom, but connected thereto by steam ducts, a cap for said supplementary chamber and fastening means for said cap on the outside of the main chamber, a separate cover for the main chamber -removably held thereon and a tray fastened to said cover, said tray being adapted to hold a heat forming element.

In testimony whereof I atIiX my signature.

WILLIAM GRAHAM-BARNETT. 

